An engaging hour-long lesson which introduces students to the main characters and themes in The Merchant of Venice before studying the play. This is aimed at students in Key Stages 3 and 4.
This resource includes:
- A full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions (including printing instructions)
- A graphic organiser for students to record their notes.
- 5 detailed character profiles: Antonio, Bassanio, Shylock, Jessica and Portia.
Learning Objective: Understand the main themes and characters in The Merchant of Venice.
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will consider the title and posters of the play to mind-map themes.
- Students will work in groups to use an example summary and success criteria to write their own summary of a character from the play.
- Students will share features of their character with other students in the class.
Lesson Outline:
Do it now: Mind-map your ideas about the play based on the title.
Starter: Look at these covers and posters; add your ideas you have about themes and ideas in the play to your mind-map. Think-pair-share ideas with the class.
Activity 1: Modelling of an effective summary. Students read character profiles in groups and write a summary.
Activity 2: Students circulate, share information and write down notes about the other characters.
Plenary: Character quiz.
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Freebies:
- For character revision posters for your classroom, click here.
- For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here.
- For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here.
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